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rxttenfish · 3 months

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honestly miranda tends to express the... fairly normal merfolk trauma response of when she starts to get severely upset, she exclusively just wants to touch and be touched by those in her miivt'ia and turns hostile/aggressive and even possessive against anyone else around her. mainly whats happening is that the trauma makes her perceive everyone else as an actively threatening presence to her and her miivt'ia at that moment and retreating to the safety and assurance of her miivt'ia helps to self-soothe and to calm down.

for miri (and for most other traumatized merfolk too, tbh) this primarily features her clinging on/holding onto aaravi or bellanda tightly (soothing, comforting, the subconscious connection between doing so to not drift away in her sleep makes her feel safe and secure) and hiding her face against them (both for protection and closing out of other stimuli, but also hiding her mouth and any more unintentional "aggressive" responses she might have). ultimately the goal is to calm down and to stop being upset, it can just be a dramatic example of it since its a case when a merfolk would need to be alone and could not have a lot of other people around.

her and aaravi have a code for it and a cue for when miranda starts to really get upset in a crowded situation or someplace with other people. aaravi in particular has really taken this to heart as someone who also needs something very similar and can also get defensive/aggressive for miranda's sake when something happens to start causing it... and bellanda and miranda have existed for so long in this state together that to anyone else it looks like they can read each others minds. which is a little distressing, because if aaravi is defensive, then bellanda will get outright violent about it and cares significantly less if she hurts anyone else or burns any bridges over it.

#all the care guide says is 'biomass'#miravi.txt #ultimately the ''possessive'' response is just. out of intense fear and panic #combined with how merfolk view the miivt'ia as like. where Personhood is.#a miivt'ia is the basic social unit and thus most comparable to what would be to us a single person #and if a merfolk is having a trauma response like this #theyre viewing the other members of the miivt'ia as themselves too #and thus the aggression and fear and dislike of them being present #also applies for them being around other members of the miivt'ia #albeit because this is subconscious #it mostly just applies to other members of the miivt'ia that can be seen and are being actively touched and held onto #if bellanda is off doing something else and miranda was in the room with aaravi #she is just going to end up fretting over aaravi #tbh miri and bell actually have a lot of these breakdowns. like. a lot.#more than you think and more than either of them give off #because theyre DEEPLY private about it and hide it as much as possible #due to how much of an actual risk it is if other royals find out #aaravi is not beating the service dog allegations. and tbh. neither is miranda.#they are a cheetah and service dog relationship where they are both the cheetah and service dog

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